Definition of Terrify

1. Verb. Fill with terror; frighten greatly. "The bad news will terrify him"

Exact synonyms: Terrorise, Terrorize
Generic synonyms: Affright, Fright, Frighten, Scare
Specialized synonyms: Panic
Derivative terms: Terror, Terror, Terrorisation, Terror, Terrorization

Definition of Terrify

1. v. t. To make terrible.

Definition of Terrify

1. Verb. To frighten greatly; to fill with terror. ¹

2. Verb. To menace or intimidate. ¹

3. Verb. (obsolete) To make terrible. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Terrify

1. to fill with terror [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Terrify

terriculaments
terrienniak
terrier
terrierlike
terriers
terries
terrific
terrifical
terrifically
terrifick
terrifie
terrified
terrifier
terrifiers
terrifies
terrify (current term)
terrifying
terrifyingly
terrifyingness
terrigenous
terrine
terrines
territ
territorial
territorial division
territorial dominion
territorial matrices
territorial matrix
territorial reserve

Literary usage of Terrify

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"To discourage ; to deject j to terrify; to depress. To dishearten with fearful sentences, as though salvation could hardly be hoped for, is not so consonant ..."

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